"A good man's fortune may grow out at heels."
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William Shakespeare quotes (page 90 of 202)
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"Never anger made good guard for itself."
"Faults that are rich are fair."
"I am not in the roll of common men."
"I hold him but a fool that will endanger His body for a girl that loves him not."
"Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility."
"Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious Is to be frightened out of fear."
"Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death."
"How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?"
"What made me love thee? let that persuade thee, there's something extraordinary in thee"
"If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine; You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine; You give away myself, which is known mine; For I by vow am so embodied yours That she which marries you must marry me-- Either both or none."
"My love is thine to teach; teach it but how, And thou shalt see how apt it is to learn. Any hard lesson that may do thee good."
"Get thee a good husband, and use him as he uses thee."
"My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day and time. Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief."
"Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea, puffed up with winds, Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat? Have I not heard great ordinance in the field, And Heaven's artillery thunder in the skies? Have I not in a pitched battle heard Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang? And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire? Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs. Grumio: For he fears none."
"I must be gone and live, or stay and die."
"There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell."
"We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone."
"I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!"
"The third day comes a frost, a killing frost."